Lamaserai

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of lamasery. alt-of, dated

    "Meanwhile Thlunrana, that secret lamaserai, that chief cathedral of wizardry, was the terror of the valley in which it stood and of all lands round about it."

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cloisterhouse

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"Meanwhile Thlunrana, that secret lamaserai, that chief cathedral of wizardry, was the terror of the valley in which it stood and of all lands round about it."

Etymology

From French lamaserie, reinterpreted as lama + serai.

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